NotesOcean Sol Jazz; has been playing around the Greater Portland area since 2007. Originally they were The Incumbents, a parody band - material created, written and managed by Dan Bernard featuring; Jeff Smith Guitar / Jamie Lebish - Bass and Frank Sanfilippo on Drums.
They started playing jazz together, and took on the wonderful; Damian Allen on Sax until he moved. Brian Plourde came highly recommended, he plays all saxophones and Flute, and has been with them ever since.
OSJ has grown over the years and are now happy to have Ken Fasulo on percussion and Shannon O'Connor-vocals.
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Jeff Smith-guitar
Francesco Sanfilippo-Drums
Jamie Lebish-Bass
Brian Plourde-saxophones
David Pollack-Piano
Ken Fasulo-Percussion
Shannon O'Connor-Vocals

NotesNOVEL JAZZ SEPTET SWINGS INTO THE SACO RIVER THEATER- The Novel Jazz Septet pays tribute to the great American jazz composers, Duke Ellington, and his musical side-kick, Billy Strayhorn, on Saturday, 21 September, 2019 at the Saco River Theater at 7:30PM. For a decade and a half, Novel Jazz has highlighted well-known standards, plus rare, vintage gems, unearthed from original scores at the Duke Ellington Collection at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington D.C. The septet travels far and wide, keeping the history and spirit of Duke and Swee’Pea alive and swinging. Tickets are $15. For more information, visit: http://www.sacorivertheatre.org/ , call: 207-929-6472, or email:
info@sacorivertheatre.org . The theater is located at 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills, Maine.
Aimsel Ponti of the Portland Press Herald described Novel Jazz, “These are all seasoned jazz guys, and the result is a sound that made me sway, smile, groove, slow-dance with myself around the living room and play the air snare drums!”
The Saco River Theatre is a performing arts center and community hub dedicated to providing accessible, diversified cultural and educational programs to the general public by acting as a professional Equity theater, music venue, cross-disciplinary arts lab, and exhibition space.

NotesPer Kevin Kimball - In addition to the annual Worumbo Blues Festival/Revue that raises money for the Maine Blues Musicians' Scholarship, we're now doing fundraising for the scholarship at every jam.
This will increase the scholarship level significantly, and it allows more musicians to be a part of a scholarship that's in their name!